When newlyweds Peter Obara and Alicia Pistolese decided to move to San Francisco from Sydney, Australia, for work, they fell in love with the vibrancy of the burgeoning district around the Transbay Transit Center: the water, the Ferry Building, the restaurants, the Embarcadero. They bought a 10th-floor unit in Mira with a balcony and a view of the Bay Bridge and skyline. … [Read more...] about Will luxury condos sell in a pandemic? SF high-rise is the market’s first big test
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The office goes open-air: How an SF couple conceived next-gen workspaces
Gattegno: The one thing that I have taken from my experience in Greece is the importance of outdoor public space. The idea of Supergalaxy is to bring outdoor public space inside a building. That is a more interesting way of rethinking a typical space where you have an agora, which is the Greek word for public space. If you have to stand 30 feet from someone, you need a big plaza. It doesn’t have to be the plaza in front of City Hall. It can be going down three floors from your office and having a fully outdoor space on the 25th floor. Or an elevated park like at the Transbay Terminal. You are lifted up off the ground and can look into offices and apartments. … [Read more...] about The office goes open-air: How an SF couple conceived next-gen workspaces
It’s time to rethink downtown SF. Here’s one of the most radical visions out there
What if you took two blocks of office towers in the Financial District, closed off traffic between them and turned the street into a park? What if you converted one block to apartment housing and the other to green energy infrastructure, wastewater treatment and vertical agriculture? You’d have a self-contained, energy-independent community of the future. … [Read more...] about It’s time to rethink downtown SF. Here’s one of the most radical visions out there
Petaluma’s Spencer Torkelson projected as 1st overall draft pick by Tigers
First of all, Maytorena said the wind at Casa Grande makes it tough to hit home runs to left field and that Torkelson learned to take it the other way. Plus, as is typical, he grew and gained strength in his late teens. Weight work helped, of course. Also, Earley, the ASU hitting coach, was a big influence. … [Read more...] about Petaluma’s Spencer Torkelson projected as 1st overall draft pick by Tigers
Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky’s Harris in hard times
“It’s just continuing to grind every day,” he said. “I look at every experience I’ve had in my college journey as a place I need to be at that moment to learn and grow and get better and just prepare me for the next place.” … [Read more...] about Grit, resolve carry Northern Kentucky’s Harris in hard times
